Solar is increasingly being seen as more than just a product. New blog:

Posted on 19/05/2017 by Nick Sharpe Recent global shifts in government support have changed the game for solar PV. The technology is increasingly being seen as more than just a product. Instead, it’s a way of integrating our lives with the world’s new energy system. Electric vehicles, battery storage and demand-response (when users turn their demand up or down depending on the grid’s load) are all hot topics. Solar can play into all those areas – but its flexibility hasn’t always been recognised. Before recent reductions in support the technology was seen by some as little more than a pure investment. The majority of customers were encouraged not to think about their panels. ‘Fit-and-forget ’ was the mantra. Energy analyst Jenny Carson of Delta-ee – a speaker at Scottish Renewables’ forthcoming Storage & Systems Conference on June 21 – explains: “In the past solar PV was o...